H8246 שָׁקַד (shâqad) shaw-kad'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

be almond shaped

Strong's Definition

to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped

Derivation: a denominative from H8247 (שָׁקֵד);

KJV Usage: make like (unto, after the fashion of) almonds.

TWOT Reference: 2451b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁקַד (sha.qad) — be almond shaped. (Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מְשֻׁקָּד (H8246)

adj · שָׁקֵד

Shape | adj

almond shaped, shaped like almond blossoms = state in which objects are shaped like almonds or almond blossoms

EXO 25:33 · EXO 25:33 · EXO 25:34 · EXO 37:19 · EXO 37:19 · EXO 37:20

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁקַד vb. Pu. denom. cups shaped like almond (blossoms) base

Bible Occurrences (4)

25:33 25:34 37:19 37:20

Exodus 25:33

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 37:19

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Exodus 37:20

And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.